Fastener for shipping-trays or box-cover fastener.



E. GRAHAM, J. GORE a: J. (a. SAMPLE. FASTENER FOR SHiPPlNG TRAYS 0R BOX COVER FA STENE R. 1,14%39000 APPLICATION FILED FEB. 17, 1914.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. IL 1914.

Patented June 29, 1915.

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" TED STATES PATE'r ELIAS GRAHAM, JOHN GORE, AND JOHN Gr. SAMPLE, 0F HAZEL DELL, ILLINOIS.

FASTENER FOR SHIPPING-TRAYS OR BOX-COVER FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1915.

Application filed February 17, 1914. Serial No. 819,237. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ELIAs GRAHAM, JOHN GORE, and JOHN G. SAMPLE, citizens of the United States, residing at Hazel Dell, in the county of Cumberland and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Shipping-Trays or Box-Cover Fasteners; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shipping trays especially designed for transporting eggs by parcel post and comprises a simple and efficient device of this nature having various details of construction, combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

I/Ve illustrate our invention in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the shipping trays disassembled. Fig. 2 is a view in elevation, partly in section, showing the parts fastened together. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of one of the closures for holding the sections together, and Fig. 4 is a central sectional view through the closure in a locked relation with the trays.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A, Adesignate the tray sections or trays. Fastened to each sec tion A are eyes having shank portions N which are secured to the sides of the sections, and bail-shaped members 0 are pivotally mounted upon said eyes, and Q designates a latch which is angular and having one end Q turned into a roll and is journaled upon said bail-shaped member 0 said rolled end being so formed that, when it bears frictionally against the face of the tray, it will not mar or injure same. The latch Q is provided with a slot R. which is adapted to engage a hook S projecting from the side of the section A. Referring to Figs. 3 and 4% of the drawings will be seen details of these fastening means, one in an unlocked position and the other locked, Fig. 3 showing it unlocked and Fig. l locked. It will be noted that the long arm of the latch lever Q, fulcrums over a bail-shaped member H, the arms of which are angled as at H and fastened to the sides of the casing and terminating in plates which are fastened to the sides of the casing. As the latch lever Q; is swung down to a locked relation, it will be noted that the two sections A would be drawn tightly together by the two bail shaped members, after which the hook S may be turned down as shown in Fig. 4. The top, deignated by letter X, is provided with bail-shaped members H projecting from the edge thereof and which are engaged by latches Q, similar to those before described.

l/Vhat we claim to be new is A fastening device for shippingtrays, etc., consisting of plates adapted to be fastened rigidly to a tray and each having integral therewith an angled arm of a bailshaped member, the free end of the bail bearing in a plane parallel with said plates and spaced apart therefrom, a swinging bail adapted to be pivotally mounted on a tray and underneath said fiXed bail, a right angled hasp pivotally mounted at its angled portion upon the swinging hail, the long arm of the hasp designed to fulcrum over the free end' of the fiXed bail and the short arm of the hasp designed, when the bails are drawn to overlap each other, to bear against the face of a tray when the long arm is positioned intermediate the arms of the swinging bail, the swinging movement of the hasp adapted to hold the bails in overlapping contact with each other.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

ELIAS GRAHAM. JOHN GORE. JOHN G. SAMPLE.

l/Vitnesses:

RALPH KniILY, W'. H. HARRISON.

Copies of thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Gommissionen of latents, Washington, D. G. 

